Awards and trips
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2023:
During the celebration of World Puppetry Day, Andrzej Bocian, an actor at the Baj Theatre, was presented with a commemorative ZASP Plaque by the Puppet Theatre Section of the Association of Polish Stage Artists in recognition of his talent and artistic achievements in the field of puppetry.
19 March Baj Theatre with the play ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’, dir. Bartosz Kurowski opened1. International Festival of Puppet Theatres “Klasyka – Od-Nowa” in Będzin.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2022:
“The Incredible Adventures of the Socks” by Justyna Bednarek, directed by Robert Jarosz, was among the plays awarded in the National Competition for the Staging of Polish Contemporary Art organised by the Jan Wieniawski Theatre Institute. Zbigniew Raszewski.
“The Incredible adventures of the Socks”, directed by Robert Jarosz, received the PARENTS’ AWARD in the VISUAL ART category in the Sunflowers 2022 poll (Children’s Time poll for the most developmental initiative for children). The show was also nominated in the LANGUAGE category
The open-air children’s concert “The Climb”, based on the poems of Danuta Wawiłow and directed by Ewa Piotrowska, won the PARENTS’ AWARD in the MUSIC category in the Sunflowers 2022 poll (Children’s Time poll for the most developmental initiative for children).
„Rozmowy BAJdzo ważne” an online program for children has been nominated for the Sunflowers 2022 (Children’s Time’s poll for the most developmental initiative for children) in two categories: LANGUAGE and VISUAL ART.
In September 2022, the Baj Theatre was nominated (as one of ten cultural institutions) in the first Poll: Leader of Accessible Events organised by the Culture Without Barriers Foundation.
In November 2022, from the hands of the President of the Republic, it received the main prize in the Accessibility Leader Competition in the historic building category – for the best investment in the refurbishment of a historic building taking into account the needs of people with disabilities. It received this prestigious laurel as the first theatre in the country to do so.
March 18, Baj Theater with two presentations of the play “Spaghetti”, dir. Søren Ovesen started the first edition of the Review of Puppet Theaters in Będzin. The festival was connected with the 110th anniversary of Jan Dorman’s birth and the 75th anniversary of the Children’s Theater of Zagłębie, which was the organizer of the whole event.
17 May we presented “Spaghetti” at the Masquerade twice, dir. Søren Ovesen.
June 11, 2022 The Baj Theater hosted the Wrocław Children’s Festival, where it presented the play “Mary, the Fossil Hunter”, dir. Tomasz Kaczorowski.
On October 5-9, the Baj Theater presented the spectacle “Spaghetti” in Denmark, directed by Søren Ovesen. & performances were played in Copenhagen, Århus, and Viborg.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2021:
Elżbieta Bielińska – an actress of the Baj Theater – was awarded the Henryk – the highest prize of the ZASP Puppet Theater Section.
On June 14, 2020, during the celebrations of the World Puppetry Day organized at the Baj Theater, the Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, Mrs. Wanda Zwinogrodzka, presented the departmental decorations awarded in September 2020 by the Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport to the artists associated with the BAJ Theater in Warsaw:
The Gold Medal “Gloria Artis for Merit to Culture” was awarded to Mr. Jan Plewako,
The Silver Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Ewa Piotrowska,
The Silver Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Elżbieta Bieda,
The Silver Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Elżbieta Bielińska,
The Bronze Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Ms. Marta Gryko-Sokołowska,
The bronze medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Mrs. Aneta Płuszka,
The bronze medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Mrs. Małgorzata Suzuki,
The Bronze Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Mr. Andrzej Bocian,
The Bronze Medal “For Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” was awarded to Mr. Robert Płuszka,
Aldona Szczygieł-Kaszuba received the honorary badge “Meritorious for Polish Culture”,
Marcin Marcinowicz received the honorary badge “Meritorious for Polish Culture”,
Piotr Michalski received the honorary badge “Meritorious for Polish Culture”,
Aneta Płuszka and Robert Płuszka, actors of the Baj Theater, on June 14, 2021, during the celebration of the World Puppetry Day, received the ZASP Plaque awarded to them in 2020.
On September 26, the Baj Theater presented the play “Pinocchio” at the “Dziecinada” International Festival of Theaters for Children, dir. Michał Derlatka.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2020:
Several members of Baj Theatre team received a well-deserved Medal for Long Service, granted by the Deputy Governor of Mazovia, Artur Standowicz, on behalf of the President of the Republic of Poland. The Gold Medal for Long service was awarded to: Krystyna Kałuska, Wojciech Kasiak, Ewa Kłusek, and Lucjan Witczak. The Silver Medal for Long Service was awarded to: Łukasz Kuczyński.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2019:
Wyróżnienie dla spektaklu „A Minute” według scenariusza Malwiny Czekaj, Izabeli Zachowicz i Marka Zimakiewicza, pod opieką reżyserską Ewy Piotrowskiej na X Festiwalu Teatrów Ożywionej Formy Maskarada w Rzeszowie.
The performance “The Little Book” dir. Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz became the best performance on the third day of the VIRVAR Festival of Puppet Theaters in Košice.
‘A Minute’ (screenplay: Malwina Czekaj, Izabela Zachowicz and Marek Zimakiewicz; directorial guidance: Ewa Piotrowska) received the following awards at the 26th SPOTKANIA International Puppet Theatre Festival in Toruń: Honourable Mention by the Professional Jury for the creators of the show, the award for the best show for children granted by the Children’s Jury, and awards for the art of the puppet animation for Malwina Czekaj, Izabela Zachowicz and Marek Zimakiewicz granted by Jan Wilkowski.
“A Minute” performance on the 23rd International Festival of Theaters for Children and Youth KORCZAK 2019 received: the ASSITEJ certificate – certificate of high quality and artistic level; In addition, the performance was distinguished by the adult jury and the youth jury.
At the invitation of the Art Center in Oława, the Baj Theater presented “Timothy Among the Birds”, dir. Arkadiusz Klucznik.
We were invited to the 34th Days of Contemporary Art in Bialystok with the performance “Polite” dir. Maria Żynel.
In 2019, Baj Theatre took part in the Children’s Day festivities in Warsaw (‘Warszawa Dzieciom – Warszawski Dzień Energii 2019’) and presented a musical show called ‘Bardzo Duży Dom plays “The Weather Forecast”’. We presented our special musical spectacle/concert “A Very Big House Plays the Weather Forecast” to the gathered audience.
At the Art Center in Oława, we presented the performance “Me, Maluch and the Sea”, dir. Marek Zakostelecki.
In 2019, we organized a preview of the show ‘Mum’ (created and performed by Hanna Kinder-Kiss) at the GAŠPARIÁDA International Traditional Puppet Theatre Festival in Nitra, Slovakia.
The performance “Mom” based on the concept and performance of Hanna Kinder-Kiss premiered on July 12, 2019. during 4th. International Festival of Street Theaters LALKA ON STAGE.
As part of the Ricca Ricca *Festa International Theater Festival held on the island of Okinawa in Japan, the Baj Theater presented two performances from its repertoire. The festival audience could see the spectacle “The Little Book” dir. Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz, aimed at the youngest viewers, and the spectacle “A Minute” for older children, based on the script by Malwina Czekaj, Izabela Zachowicz and Marek Zimakiewicz, directed by Ewa Piotrowska. The trip of the Baj Theater was supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and Japan.
‘A Minute’ was staged in Białystok as one of the events organised within the project ‘The Rise of Eastern Culture/Another Dimension’ (‘Wschód Kultury/Inny Wymiar’).
We traveled to Lithuania to present the show ‘If You Don’t Say It, Who Will Know?’ (directed by Ewa Piotrowska) as part of the project ‘Traces—continuation’ (‘Ślady – kontynuacja’) organized and financed within the grant program ‘Cultural Bridges’ (‘Kulturalne Pomosty’) of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute. We performed at the National Puppet Theatre in Kaunas and at the House of Polish Culture (in partnership with Lėlė Theatre from Vilnius).
We presented two of our shows, ‘The Little Book’ and ‘A Minute’, at the Polish Theatre Days in Luxembourg.
As part of the Days of the Polish Theater in Lithuania, we presented the spectacle “Plastuś’ Diary” to the audience in Soleczniki, dir. Lech Chojnacki.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2018:
Special Award for the development of the art of theater for the young” at the 20. At the International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle” in Kragujevac, Serbia, awarded to the Baj Theater for the play “The Little Book” directed and performed by Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz.
The Baj Theater hosted the Soy Festival! in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the artists played “Goose, Death and Tulip” by Wolf Erlbruch, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
The performance “The Little Book” directed by Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz participated in the 20th International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle” in Kragujevac, Serbia (International Puppet Festival “Golden Sparkle”).
The Baj Theater was invited to perform “W Kole” by Krystyna Miłobędzka, dir. Sebastian Świąder at 9th. Festival of Animated Form Theaters “Maskarada” organized by the Maska Theater in Rzeszów.
In October 2018, Baj Theatre launched a project called ‘Traces’ (‘Ślady’) and presented the show ‘If You Don’t Say It, Who Will Know?’ directed by Ewa Piotrowska in several puppet theatres in Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary. We performed at the following theatres: Bábkové divadlo in Košice, Divadlo Loutek in Ostrava and Mesebolt Bábszínház in Szombathely. The project was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as part of the multiannual programme ‘Independent’ (‘Niepodległa’) for the years 2017–2021 within the grant programme ‘Cultural Bridges’ (‘Kulturalne Pomosty’) of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2017:
Malwina Czekaj, an actress in the Baj Theater, received the Award of Leon Schiller for theatrical achievements, with an indication of, among others, the role of the Mayor in the play “A niech to czykolada!” in dir. Ewa Piotrowska, awarded by the Association of Polish Stage Artists (ZASP).
At the “Maskarada” 2017 Festival of Animated Form Theaters in Rzeszów, the Baj Theater received a Special Award for saving and nurturing metaphysics, sacrum, spirituality, and a separate dimension of time in Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz’s performance “Goose, Death, and Tulip”.
Albert Roca Macià, a photographer who works with Baj Theatre, received a Special Award at the 2nd edition of the Theatrical Photography Contest for his portfolio from the show ‘The Little Book’.
The Baj Theater was invited to the XXVII National Festival of Puppet Theaters (at the Opole Puppet and Actor Theatre), where a performance for “najnajów” was presented, entitled „The Little Book” dir. Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz.
The Baj Theater went to guest performances at the Children’s Art Center in Poznań, as part of the 21st Biennale of Art for Children “To Laugh” will present the performance “W kole” by Krystyna Miłobędzka, dir. Sebastian Świąder.
A big event for our Theater was a three-week stay at The Amber Theater (in Shenzhen, China). Our actors presented two titles from the repertoire of the Baj Theater in Asia: “The Little Book” dir. Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz and “Kitchen full of surprises” directed by Marta Gryko-Sokołowska.
The show ‘If You Don’t Say It, Who Will Know?’ by Berta Hiriart (directed by Ewa Piotrowska) was staged during a tour of south-eastern Poland in Zamość, Chełm and Lublin as part of the project ‘The Story of the Children from Santa Rosa—A Continuation’ (‘Historia dzieci z Santa Rosa – kontynuacja‘) co-financed by the Polish History Museum within the project ‘The Patriotism of Tomorrow’ (‘Patriotyzm Jutra’).
Performances of ‘The Adventures of Filemon the Cat’ by Slawomir Grabowski and Marek Nejman, dir. Agata Kucińska and “Where’s the Baby? There’s the Baby!” dir. Andrzej Bocian was presented as a guest at the ‘Muza’ Cultural Centre in Lubin.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2016:
HENRYK Award for Ewa Piotrowska, director of Baj Theatre, granted by the Puppet Theatre Section of the Association of Polish Stage Artists (ZASP) for her outstanding achievements in the art of puppet theatre.
KOT W WORKU Award for Elżbieta Bieda and Marek Zimakiewicz for the show ‘The Little Book’ at the 20th KORCZAK International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People.
Honourable Mention from the Junior Jury for the show ‘The Little Book’ (according to the diploma—‘for everything’) at the 20th KORCZAK International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People.
Award for Mateusz Dębski in the category ‘Music’ for the show ‘The Goose, Death and the Tulip’ at the 23rd SPOTKANIA International Puppet Theatre Festival in Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń.
Honourable Mention for the plastic art in the show ‘The Little Book’ at the 23rd SPOTKANIA International Puppet Theatre Festival in Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń.
The Baj Theatre presented the play ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’ by Wolf Erlbruch, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz in Mińsk (Belarus) as part of the 9th International Puppet Theatre Festival, organised by the Belarusian State Puppet Theatre.
Baj Theatre’s production of Wolf Erlbruch’s The Goose, Death and the Tulip, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz took part in the XXIII International Festival of Children’s Theatre in Subotica, Serbia.
The shows ‘The Goose, Death and the Tulip’ and ‘The Little Book’ were presented during the 23rd SPOTKANIA International Puppet Theatre Festival at Baj Pomorski Theatre in Toruń.
At the invitation of the Children’s Art Centre in Poznań, the Baj Theatre went on a guest performance with the play ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’ by Wolf Erlbruch, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
The show ‘If You Don’t Say It, Who Will Know?’ by Berta Hiriart (directed by Ewa Piotrowska) was presented during a tour of north-eastern Poland in Olsztyn, Grajewo and Białystok as part of the project ‘The Story of the Children from Santa Rosa’ (‘Historia dzieci z Santa Rosa’).
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2015:
The International Chapter of the Order of the Smile has awarded Ewa Piotrowska, Director of the Baj Theatre, the title of Knight of the Order of the Smile at the request of pupils from Special School No. 102 in Międzylesie. The Order was solemnly presented by the Chancellor of the Chapter, Mr. Marek Michalak – Ombudsman for Children. The decoration awarded to Ewa Piotrowska was given the ID number 979.
Third prize for the performance ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz at the XXVII National Festival of Puppet Theatres in Opole.
Puppet Animation Acting Award. prof. Władysław Jarema to Elżbieta Bielińska for her animation in the performance “Goose, Death and Tulip”, awarded by ZASP at the XXVII National Festival of Puppet Theatres in Opole.
Puppet Animation Acting Award. prof. Władysław Jarema to Małgorzata Suzuki for her animation in the performance ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’, awarded by ZASP at the XXVII National Festival of Puppet Theatres in Opole.
Award for Mateusz Dębski in the category ‘Music’ for the show ‘The Goose, Death and the Tulip’ at the 27th Polish Puppet Theatre Festival in Opole.
GRAND PRIX “ZŁCISTY” for the best performance of the 19th KORCZAK International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People for the performance “Goose, Death, and Tulip”, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
Attestation of the Polish Centre ASSITEJ – Certificate of High Quality and Artistic Level for the performance “Goose, Death, and Tulip”, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
GRAND PRIX for the performance ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz for the best performance of the 12. International Festival of Puppet Theatres “Katowice for Children”.
Award of the Silesian Branch of the ZASP to Elżbieta Bielińska for her animation in the performance “Goose, Death, and Tulip” at the 12th ZASP Competition. International Festival of Puppet Theatres “Katowice for Children”.
Award of the Silesian Branch of the ZASP to Małgorzata Suzuki for her animation in the performance “Goose, Death and Tulip” at the 12th ZASP Theatre Festival. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Teatrów Lalek “Katowice Dzieciom”.
At the 21st Children’s Theatre Meetings organized by the Gliwice Music Theatre, we presented a performance for the youngest spectators entitled “Where is the Baby? There’s the Baby!”, dir. Andrzeja Bocian.
Baj Theatre presented the show ‘If You Don’t Say It, Who Will Know?’ directed by Ewa Piotrowska at the 2nd Festival of First Performances organized by the Puppet and Actor Theatre in Wałbrzych.
Baj Theatre was in Moscow for the Gavroshe International Children’s Theatre Festival 2015 (Gavroshe Festival). As part of the Festival, he presented two plays to Russian audiences: “Kitchen Full of Surprises”, dir. Marta Gryko-Sokołowska and ‘Goose, Death and Tulip’ by Wolf Erlbruch, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
The Baj Theatre participated in the Tanar Festival in Sibiu, Romania, with a performance for the youngest children entitled ‘A play for the youngest’. “International Festival of Theatre for Children and Young People in the city of Hamedan (Iran), which presented two plays for the youngest audiences Sleep, dir.!”, dir. Andrzej Bocian.
Baj Theatre performed ‘The Goose, Death and the Tulip’ during the 19th ANIMA Puppet Theatre Week in Olsztyn.
The Baj Theatre performed a guest performance at the Bialystok Puppet Theatre (BTL) of Julian Tuwim’s ‘Pan Maluskiewicz’, dir. Małgorzata Kazińska.
The stage of the Białystok Puppet Theatre also showed a performance for the youngest, ‘Kitchen Full of Surprises’, dir. Marta Gryko-Sokołowska.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2014:
The Baj Theater received the highest state award in the field of culture – the GOLD MEDAL “For Merit to Culture GLORIA ARTIS”. It was awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of theatre-making for children, for the high artistic level of performances, and for the wide and varied activities in the field of popularising theatre (including helping to overcome barriers to access to theatre for people with various dysfunctions) that it is currently developing, and for its contribution to the development of Polish puppet theatre for children over the 85 years of its existence.
The Theatre won the ‘Nagroda Warszawskiej Rodzinki’ Award in the category ‘Culture and Entertainment’ at the Warsaw Family Days. The winner was determined through voting.
Baj Theatre’s production of Wolf Erlbruch’s The Goose, Death, and the Tulip, dir. Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz won third prize at the 4th Theatre Carousel Festival in Łódź.
The Jury of the 27th WALIZKA International Theatre Festival in Łomża awarded the director of ‘The Goose, Death, and the Tulip’, Marcin Jarnuszkiewicz.
Baj Theatre performed ‘Sleep’, a show addressed to the youngest children, at the 20th Theatrical Encounters for Children organised by the Musical Theatre in Gliwice.
During the 5th Maskarada Review of Lively Form Theatre in Rzeszów, we showed the play ‘Emil from Lönneberga’ by Astrid Lindgren, dir. Konrad Dworakowski.
At the 18th World Congress of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People ASSISTEJ in Warsaw, Baj Theatre presented two shows: ‘Sleep’ (directed by Alicja Morawska-Rubczak) and ‘The World of Garmann’ (directed by Ewa Piotrowska).
We were invited to attend the 21st International Festival of Theatre for Children and Young People in the city of Hamedan (Iran), which presented two plays for the youngest audiences “Sleep”, dir. Alicja Morawska-Rubczak oraz „Where is the Baby? There’s the Baby!” dir. Andrzej Bocian.
At the invitation of the local puppet theatre, we spent a week in Białystok, performing the show ‘Emil of Lönneberga’.
The tour of the show ‘Robinson & Crusoe’ across Poland took place in autumn 2014. The project, undertaken and realized by the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with movingtheatre.de and the Baj Theatre, aimed at initiating dialogue, destroying stereotypes, seeing what is common, and respecting what is different.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2013:
At the 1st FESTIVAL OF SMALL PRAPREMIERES in Wałbrzych, Filip Sande received an award for his music for the performance “Garman’s World”, dir. Ewa Piotrowska.
Play from The Baj Theatre, entitled, „Emil from Lönneberg” by Astrid Lingren, dir. Konrad Dworakowski received an honorable mention from the Junior Jurors at the 17th KORCZAK 2013 International Festival of Theatre for Children and Young People.
The Baj Theatre’s performance for the youngest children was entitled “The Children’s Theatre”. „Sleep” took part in the 9th International Festival of Theatre and Culture for the Youngest Children – “Visioni di futuro, Visioni di teatro…” in Bologna.
The Theatre was invited by the Białystok Puppet Theatre to perform the show ‘Sleep’.
To the stream of RECOMMENDATION 33. Warsaw Theatre Meetings (WTM) – The organizers have included two performances by the Baj Theatre: “Pan Maluśkiewicz” and “Enchanted cut-outs”.
The show for the youngest audiences ‘Sleep’ was presented in Berlin during the FRATZ Theatre Festival.
The Baj Theatre has been invited with a performance for the youngest audience entitled ‘The Little Theatre’. “Sleep” to Novgorod Veliky (Russia) for the 12th International Theatre Festival “ЦAPЬ-CKAЗKA”/KINGFESTIVAL.
After that, the same show was staged in Perm in the Ural Mountains at the invitation of the local Contemporary Art Museum.
Two performances by the Baj Theatre – one for an adult audience – ‘Arsenic’ by Marcin Bartnikowski, dir. Marcin Bikowski, and the second for the youngest, ‘Sleep’, were presented in Rzeszów at the MASKARADA Festival of Living Form Theatre.
Baj Theatre’s production of ‘True – untrue’ by Vytaute Žilinskaite, dir. Rimas Driežis was presented at the International Festival of Contemporary Plays for Children and Young People KON-TEKSTY in Poznań, organized by the Poznań-based Animation Theatre.
Baj Theatre was invited by the Wrocław Puppet Theatre to participate in the 1st Festival of New Theatre for Children to present the show ‘Sleep’.
The play ‘Sleep’, dir. Alicja Morawska-Rubczak was presented in Poznań at Stary Browar as part of the event: STARY BROWAR NEW DANCE FOR CHILDREN.
The play for the youngest children ‘Sleep’ took part in the KinderKinder Festival in Hamburg (Germany). It was presented at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.
The play Sleep was shown at Alington House in Durham as part of the 2013 TakeOff Festival of Theatre for Children and Young People. The festival is organized by Theatre Hullabaloo in Darlington.
At the invitation of the local House of Polish Culture, Baj Theatre performed ‘Sleeping Beauty’ in Vilnius.
The show ‘Robinson & Crusoe’ (co-produced by Baj Theatre and movingtheatre.de in Cologne, Germany) was presented in Freies Werkstatt Theater in Cologne and in Feuchtwangen, Germany, as part of the Kreuzgang Festival.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2012:
The Jury of the 25th WALIZKA International Theatre Festival in Łomża granted an award in the category ‘Music’ to Filip Sande for the show ‘The World of Garmann’ (directed by Ewa Piotrowska). Ewa Piotrowska for the composer Filip Sande.
The Baj Theatre was the winner of Warsaw’s first competition for the most developmental initiative for children, Słoneczniki 2012, organized by the CzasDzieci.pl portal. He received the Parents’ Award for organizing the show Sleep as Warsaw’s most developmental initiative for children aged 0 – 14 in the music category.
Baj Theatre’s performance of “The Snow Queen” by H. Ch. Andersen was presented as part of the 32. Warsaw Theatre Meetings in the Warsaw RECOMMENDATIONS strand.
Baj Theatre’s production of ‘True – untrue’ by Vytaute Žilinskaite, dir. Rimas Driežis took part in the 3rd Review of Theatres of living form MASKARADA organized by the “Maska” Theatre in Rzeszów.
A performance for the youngest children, entitled “Sleep” was invited to the Children’s Festival “Theatre Carousel” organized by the Puppet and Actor Theatre “Pinocchio” in Łódź.
The show ‘Sleep’ for the youngest audiences was staged in Poznań during the summer edition of the project ‘Sztuka Szuka Malucha’ organized by the Children’s Art Centre.
In 2012, we were invited to present our show ‘The Snow Queen’ during the 16th KORCZAK International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People organised in Warsaw by the Polish branch of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSISTEJ).
The Baj Theatre participated in a performance for the youngest spectators entitled “Sleep” at the 6th International Festival of Children’s Theatre “Бοльшaя пepeмена” in Moscow.
The performance ‘True – untrue’ by Vytaute Žilinskaite, dir Rimas Driežis took part in the 16th Olsztyn Puppet Theatre Week ANIMA organized by the Olsztyn Puppet Theatre.
The show ‘Robinson & Crusoe’ was staged in Cologne, Germany.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2011:
The Polish Centre of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People ASSITEJ awarded the performance “Garmann’s World”, dir. Ewa Piotrowska ATEST – or Certificate of High Quality and Artistic Level.
‘The World of Garmann’ won one of the main awards at the 5th KON-TEKSTY International Festival of Contemporary Art for Children and Teenagers in Poznań (for ‘bringing out the sensitivity of a child’).
Kamil Król received an Honourable Mention for the role of Garmann in ‘The World of Garmann’ at the 25th Polish Puppet Theatre Festival in Opole. This role was his professional debut in Baj Theatre.
The Baj Theatre presented its performances at the Little Warsaw Theatre Meetings. Three performances by the Baj Theatre were invited to participate in the Recommendations: “Garmann’s World”, “Enchanted Cutouts” and “Fern Flower”.
Play from The Baj Theatre, entitled, „Garmann’s World’, directed by Ewa Piotrowska and based on the books by Stian Hole, took part in the 2nd MASKARADA Live Form Theatre Review in Rzeszów.
‘The World of Garmann’ was presented three times in Łódź during the TEATRALNA KARUZELA Festival organised by Pinokio Theatre in Łódź.
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2010:
The managing and artistic director of Baj Theatre, Ewa Piotrowska, won the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis, an award granted by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, for her contribution to the development of the Polish puppet theatre.
Baj Theatre won the Florian, an award granted by the Office for Praga-North of the Capital City of Warsaw for promoting the district of Praga-North through its activities and accomplishments.
Play from The Baj Theatre, entitled, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ dir. Lech Chojnacki was awarded the ATEST of the Polish Centre of the International Association of Theatres for Children and Young People ASSITEJ – that is, the Certificate of High Quality and Artistic Level.
In June 2010. The Baj Theatre took part in the 9th International Festival of Puppet Theatre “KATOWICE – CHILDREN” 2010 with the performance “Sleeping Beauty” by Katarína Aulitisová, based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale.
The Baj Theatre took part in the 14th ANIMA Puppet Theatre Week in Olsztyn with the performance “Sleeping Beauty” by Katarína Aulitisová, dir. Lech Chojnacki.
Baj Theatre was invited to present the show ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Pinokio Puppet and Actor Theatre in Łódź.
As part of the project ‘Child – Theatre – World. ‘Beyond Barriers’ Baj has presented the play ‘Garmann’s World’ four times at the Grusomhetens Teater in Oslo (Norway).
Awards and trips of Baj Theatre in 2009:
The Baj Theatre took part in the 3rd Puppet Theatre Festival in Bratislava with the performance “Winter in the Valley of the Mummies”, dir. Aneta Płuszka.
In 2009, ‘The Fern Flower’ was presented during the 13th KORCZAK International Festival of Theatres for Children and Young People organised by the Polish branch of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People ASSISTEJ.
The Baj Theatre hosted a performance of Fern Flower in Vilnius. He has been invited by the J. K. K. S. Centre for Polish Culture. Stanislaw Moniuszko and the Lėlė Theatre in Vilnius.